Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Council Tables Re-Zoning, Mayor Urges Compromise

Supporters of Pike Industries and the neighbors and businesses that oppose itsquarrying operation in the Five Star Industrial Park packed a hearing roomMonday night as city councilors considered rezoning the park. Councilorsheard nearly three hours of testimony and hour-long presentations by Pike andrepresentatives of Westbrook Works, a coalition of businesses that includesIdexx Laboratories. At the end of the hearing, Mayor Colleen Hilton askedask the council to table the issue for three months. The council voted 7-0 toapprove her recommendation.